Loading Stereo Cameras

[P3D Bob Aldridge <bob.aldridge@xxxxxx>]

->To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
->Subject: Realist Loading the Piper Way
->Message-ID: <961013160323_332793284@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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->So far:
->> I assume you are trimming the leader ?
->> Older 35mm film used to have a nice 4" leader which these >days is
->down to 1.5" or so. You need more to clear the pickup >for the
->perforations. 
->Again, why trim the leader and why clean the pickup for the
->perforations? Having the leader shorter works better because you pass
->the film under the sprocket guard and engage it to the perforations
->while you are seeing what is going on.
->    
->>    Being a old leica owner this becomes a habit :-)
-> 
->That what BobH has said too... but I still don't see any benefit for
->doing it for the Realist.  -- George
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You don't need to trim the film to load a Realist, but you MUST do it to
load an Iloca I. This was the Iloca that gives the 7p format - and it
loads like the early Leicas. Since you drop the film canister and the
take-up spool into the bottom of the camera as a unit with the film
leader between, and the toothed sprocket wheel is at the top of the
camera, you need the cut leader to clear the sprocket before you start
winding. The sprockets then run over the wheel, turning it until it
locks the film advance.

Just thought you'd like to know! (There was a suggestion that trimming
the leader was unnecessary for ANY stereo camera)

Bob Aldridge
Stereoscopic Society Projectionist
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